Chapter 82

New Caledonia (French: Nouvelle-Calédonie) is located near the Tropic of Capricorn in the South Pacific, about 1,500 kilometers east of Queensland, Australia. The region mainly consists of New Caledonia Island and the Loyalty Islands. As one of France's overseas territories, besides the official language French, Melanesian and Polynesian languages are also commonly used here.

This is the filming location for "Boys Over Flowers." After getting off the plane, the crew felt as if they had entered a different world. It was almost winter in Korea, but they suddenly found themselves in a picturesque tropical maritime climate. This feeling... was too refreshing...

Director Kim Ji-sang knew that everyone needed to adapt to the new environment. Seeing everyone eager to start, he knew it was impossible to shoot today. After putting their luggage in the hotel, he said, "Alright, alright, today is a day off. Everyone, enjoy your free time!"

"Long live the director!"

"Yay, sleep!" Xiao Huhu also raised his hands like everyone else...

Seeing the cute little thing, the already excited group burst into laughter. Goo Hye-sun squatted in front of Xiao Huhu, "Huhu, NUNA will take you out to play, okay?"

Xiao Huhu looked innocently at the person in front of him, not understanding what she meant, so he looked up at his father standing beside him...

"Huhu, let's go!" Li Shenglin originally wanted to rest with Xiao Huhu, as the child was still young...

But it turned out that the little guy seemed well-prepared for the trip abroad. He fell asleep soon after boarding the plane and was full of energy after landing...

"Auntie, okay!" Xiao Huhu was quite sensible...

Hey, there's a killing aura!

Li Shenglin looked at Goo Hye-sun's big eyes and thought, "Huhu, you really got your dad into trouble..."

"That NUNA, Xiao Huhu is a strange kid. He calls younger people 'auntie' and older people 'NUNA'! He said that, so you should be happy, it means you're young and beautiful!"

Goo Hye-sun was somewhat skeptical, "Really!"

Li Shenglin nodded quickly, "More real than gold! If you don't believe me, try it with someone older later!"

"Alright, I'll believe you this time! Come, Huhu, NUNA will take you!" Goo Hye-sun then took Xiao Huhu's hand...

But... Xiao Huhu didn't move, humming, "Huhu, carry me!"

This little rascal, did Chanmin teach him bad habits? He usually likes to walk by himself, but when he meets a beautiful lady, he likes to be carried...

Where there are people, there is a江湖 (jianghu, a term referring to the social world of martial arts and chivalry). People tend to group together based on similarities. Despite New Caledonia being small, and everyone being out for a trip, the staff naturally gathered together, some supporting actors grouped together, and the five main actors formed the smallest group, oh, and Huhu...

"HOW MUCH?" Goo Hye-sun, with her Korean accent, asked about a very local-style straw hat...

Although the seller couldn't speak English, he understood her and gestured with his hand to indicate twenty...

Then, Goo Hye-sun was confused. Twenty Korean won? Impossible... Twenty dollars? She had exchanged some dollars before leaving to make shopping easier, and she looked back at the four younger ones with a self-satisfied expression, "This is common sense. In the future, you should be prepared and exchange some cash before going abroad, got it?"

Lee Min-ho and the other three nodded quickly, even though they had also exchanged dollars, they had to give this NUNA some face, as she looked sweet but also had a domineering side...

While Li Shenglin was holding Xiao Huhu, he pointed to a tree on the roadside, "Huhu, follow dad and say, coconut tree!"

"Leaves... Uncle!"

"Coconut tree!"

"Leaves... Uncle!"

"Huhu, you're strong!" There was no way around it, as children's pronunciation isn't fully developed...

"Huhu, mud wall!" Xiao Huhu started imitating his dad again...

This scene made the other four burst into laughter, especially Goo Hye-sun, who was laughing so hard she bent over. She had never seen such a helpless Li Shenglin before, even though he looked more refined in the past, but now he seemed cuter to her...

"NUNA, aren't you buying a hat?" Li Shenglin pointed to the merchant holding the dollars, unsure of what to do...

Then Li Shenglin asked a few sentences in broken French, and the merchant stopped gesturing and started speaking a long string of French...

This scene stunned the four companions, "Shenglin, what you just said was French?"

"Yeah, I lived there when I was a kid!"

"Don't talk nonsense, tell me quickly, why isn't he giving me the hat!" Women focus on different things than men...

"NUNA, they use euros here... If you want to use dollars, you need at least twenty euros worth..."

At this point, the woman's calculating nature came out. Another ten dollars? She calculated the exchange rate in her head and felt it was a loss... Not giving, she couldn't bear to part with the hat, and the merchant wouldn't haggle, Goo Hye-sun was in a dilemma...

Li Shenglin thought she didn't have enough dollars or change, so he took out a hundred euros from his wallet and handed it over...

But... not only did he not get a good reaction, he even got a scolding, "Alright, Li Shenglin, did you deliberately make me look bad? You had euros and spoke French, but didn't say anything!"

Thinking about how she looked in front of the younger ones, Goo Hye-sun really wanted to find a hole to hide in...

"Huhu, when you grow up, don't find a girlfriend who is so unreasonable, got it? Otherwise, dad won't let her into the Li family!"

Xiao Huhu didn't understand what his dad was saying, but talking to his dad made him happy, so he happily made a sound, "Mm!" Although not accurate, everyone heard it as "mm..." even though the little guy was making an unconscious sound...

"Hmph, the top beam is crooked, so the bottom beam is crooked!"

Since it was a rare trip abroad, Li Shenglin naturally wanted to bring back some gifts. This bracelet is nice, for mom; this set of rainbow hair clips is also good, though Chaerin might not like this kind of thing, but Xiao Shuijing and the others should like it, and the rest can be given to Jizhong and the others, let's buy ten sets...

After shopping for half a day, besides Goo Hye-sun buying a straw hat, only Li Shenglin bought a bunch of gifts...

"Shenglin, can you lend me some euros? I can exchange dollars or pay you back in Korea..." Lee Min-ho also had a few gifts he wanted, but he made the same mistake as Goo Hye-sun, only having dollars...

"Shenglin, if you have more... can you lend me some too..." Someone spoke up, and Kim Jun also lost his composure...

"Shenglin-ssi..." Kim Bum, the youngest, was already eager...

"We're all friends, no need to talk about repayment, it hurts feelings!" Li Shenglin had specifically researched the local situation before leaving and prepared several thousand euros, which came in handy now...

"Hey, our big tycoon is so generous!" Women are so petty...

"NUNA, as you say, I still have a lot of euros. Choose what you like, consider it my apology for not visiting you these past two years..."

"Hmph, that's better!"

NUNA, are you being tsundere...

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